tintya

Tataltepec Chatino

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tinta (“ink”).

Noun

tintya

1. paint, ink

   Synonym: tyaꞌa̱

References

• Pride, Leslie, Pride, Kitty (1970) Vocabulario chatino de Tataltepec. Castellano-chatino, chatino-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 15)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 33